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Systems of power and citizenship in the U.S. 2010 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

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dc.contributor.authorDoggett, Katherine, author
dc.contributor.authorDickinson, Greg, advisor
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Katie, committee member
dc.contributor.authorHallahan, Kirk, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T14:35:34Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T14:35:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn 1978, the United States government developed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to guide how the U.S. government conducts intelligence-gathering operations on individuals located outside of the United States—a piece of legislation that has been amended throughout the years, yet its 2010 version remains in effect today. Using Foucault’s concept of power/knowledge and literature on citizenship, this study explores the power relationships and subjectivities that are produced within the rhetoric of FISA. Ultimately, I argue that the rhetoric of FISA creates the subject of person as citizen, and citizens as inscribed within a broader structure of national power. Citizens of the United States are granted unmatched privacy rights and legal protections, and non-U.S. individuals are bound as quasi-citizens: possessing duties to the U.S. while receiving diminished rights in return. Implications for surveillance, personhood, and foreign policy are discussed.
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dc.identifierDoggett_colostate_0053N_13171.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/167195
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectFISA
dc.subjectpersonhood
dc.subjectsurveillance
dc.subjectforeign
dc.subjectcitizenship
dc.subjectpower/knowledge
dc.titleSystems of power and citizenship in the U.S. 2010 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
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thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Studies
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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